laced in charge of Fort Frontenac
(Cataraqui), 214; proceeds to France, 218; succeeds Frontenac as
governor, 235; death of, 235. =Bib.=: Sulte, _La Famille de Callieres_
(R. S. C., 1890); Parkman, _Half Century of Conflict_.
=Calvinistic Agents.= =Ch= Fanaticism of, 86.
=Camaret, Marie (Mme. Hersault).= =Ch= Cousin of Champlain, contests his
will, 265.
=Cameron, David.= Brought up as a draper; drifted to the West Indies,
where he had charge of an estate; and thence to New Caledonia. In 1852
superintendent of the coal mines at Nanaimo. Nominated by Douglas as
chief justice of Vancouver Island, 1853, and the appointment confirmed
by the colonial office the same year. Succeeded by Needham in 1858.
Retired from the bench, 1864. Died at Belmont, Vancouver Island, 1872.
=Index=: =D= First chief justice of Vancouver Island, 200; charges
preferred against, 200. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of British Columbia_.
=Cameron, Duncan.= Son of a United Empire Loyalist; born at Schenectady,
on the Mohawk. His father brought the family to Canada, and settled in
Glengarry. The son entered the service of the North West Company, in
1786, and was for many years in charge of the Nipigon district. In 1814
sent to Red River, to oppose Selkirk's plans. In 1816, before the Seven
Oaks affair, seized by Colin Robertson, of the Hudson's Bay Company,
carried to York Factory, and sent to England, where he was promptly
released. Returned to Canada, settled at Williamstown, and represented
Glengarry from 1820 to 1824 in the Assembly of Upper Canada. =Index=:
=MS= Sent by North West Company to Red River to break up Red River
Colony, 173; wins ten colonists from their allegiance to Selkirk, 173;
takes them to Upper Canada, 174; captured by Semple and sent to York
Factory, and finally to England, 178. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Manitoba_ and
_Hudson's Bay Company_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_;
Masson, _Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest_. Cameron's _Sketch of
the Customs, etc., of the Natives in the Nipigon Country_, and _Nipigon
Journal, 1804-1805_, are in Masson, vol. 2.
=Cameron, James. Mc= Attempts to kidnap Mackenzie, 464.
=Cameron, John Hillyard= (1817-1876). Solicitor-general, Upper Canada,
1846-1848; represented Cornwall in Legislative Assembly, 1846-1847 and
1848-1851; Toronto, 1854; Peel, 1861-1866. Represented Peel in first
Dominion Parliament, 1867-1872; Cornwall, 1872-1874; and 1874-1876.
=Index=: =E= Elected 1848, 50. =B= Op
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